Former Microsoft CEO says creating economic mobility for all will take local focus, unified effort and hard work

Dallas News

Steve Ballmer has gobs of money. The former Microsoft CEO is one of the richest people in the world, with a net worth of around $30 billion. He also wants all children in the United States to have economic mobility.

But he’s not willing to throw his wealth around in hopes of finding a fix-all solution, what he calls “spray and pray.” That’s the wrong approach to look at education philanthropy, said Ballmer, the keynote speaker at the annual Dallas County Education Investors meeting, held Tuesday at the George W. Bush Institute. Read more

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